Kast Supervises 'Jaukén 2026' Military Deployment in Magallanes, Skips Official September 11 Ceremony at La Moneda

President Kast traveled to Punta Arenas September 1 to oversee joint Armed Forces operations in Magallanes — an Amphibious Task Force with naval squadron units, submarines, Marine Infantry, Naval Aviation and Special Forces conducting the winter exercise 'Jaukén 2026' — days after Chile's protest note over Argentine Air Force comments on the Strait of Magellan. Kast said the deployment reaffirmed that 'the Strait of Magallanes, beyond any debate, is under Chilean sovereignty,' with the visit acquiring extra weight ahead of Argentine President Javier Milei's planned trip to Santiago. Separately, Kast confirmed he will not hold an official La Moneda ceremony for the September 11 anniversary of the 1973 coup, saying he will instead be 'deployed, as always, in regions' and treating the date like any other working day; he also ruled out announcing pardons for security-force personnel convicted over the 2019 estallido social on the anniversary, while defending his authority to grant individual humanitarian pardons case by case.